Wright v. Alabama Great Southern Railroad
Supreme Court of Georgia
This case came before the Supreme Court upon questions certified by the Court of Appeals (inCase No. 10500), as follows: “1. Does the act of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, approved August 15, 1914 (Acts of. 1914, p. 246), entitled iAn act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the County of Dade; to provide for the selection of said commissioners who shall constitute the board; to prescribe their terms of office, their duties, fix their…
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This case came before the Supreme Court upon questions certified by the Court of Appeals (inCase No. 10500), as follows: “1. Does the act of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, approved August 15, 1914 (Acts of. 1914, p. 246), entitled iAn act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the County of Dade; to provide for the selection of said commissioners who shall constitute the board; to prescribe their terms of office, their duties, fix their salaries, and for other purposes/ confer exclusive authority upon the said commissioners to levy a tax for the…
1Opinion of the CourtGeorge, J.
1. The act of the General Assembly approved August 15, ■ 1914 (Acts 1914, p. 246), entitled “An act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the County of Dade; to provide for the selection of said commissioners who shall constitute the board; to prescribe their terms of office, their duties, fix their salaries, and for other purposes,” confers upon the board of commissioners of roads and revenues the exclusive power, theretofore exercised by the ordinary, to levy a tax for the maintenance of the public roads of Dade County. See Rawls County v. U. S., 105 U. S. 733 (26 L.…
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- Garrison v. PerkinsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1912
- Pennington v. GammonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1881
- Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Meriwether CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1918
- Matthews v. HusseySupreme Court of Georgia · 1918
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